I was in a Verizon store today just waiting for my gf and noticed the Reps pushing Android and the Droid phones heavy. Actually a girl came in and was clearly interested in the Pixi and he just moved her along to the Droid phones saying how much more they offer and have way more going on. Not sure if this is just one guy really into Android, but if Verizon is pushing their sales team to sell Droids/Android, it will be hard for Palm to sell units. I mean at least be objective with what each phone offers, but this was a clear move to persuade someone not to buy a Palm. Not everyone does research before coming in to get a new phone and will more likely believe the so called experts. Just thought I would pass on my observation.

oh well, I just posted my similar experience in COSTCO. Its obvious that DRIOD is pushed by Verizon reps more than any phone out there in the store. Which sucks, DROID is really crappy phone. The browser in DROID is least two years behind and the keyboard , even the chinese KIRF phones make better keyboards than that.

Seems like a case of carrier biases here, Pre landed on Sprint first so its a carry over to verizon hence why they probably don't want to promote it, droid is theres to gloat over, ah well, stores reps always make me laugh at there inexperience

They probably are getting better commissions, but the reality is that Palm will not sell phones like they need to at Verizon if this is their m.o. Especially if the reps are being outwardly negative about the phones. Unfortunately, more phones sold keeps the Palm platform moving along.

hmm im thinking about going into a verizon store, acting like someone knowing nothing about the preplus. asking and seeing his response and if hes saying a bunch of bs, whip out my pre and be like, yeah u suck. haha

hmm im thinking about going into a verizon store, acting like someone knowing nothing about the preplus. asking and seeing his response and if hes saying a bunch of bs, whip out my pre and be like, yeah u suck. haha

+1 good idea.
i went into a vzw store with my mother to help her pick out a new phone and luckily we got an inteligent sales rep. however, i overheard some of the others. they just seemed like d0uch3rs. they didnt care if u where in the store or not they're americas largest and poor customer service or doofus reps is'nt gonna change that.

Palm's stocks are dropping again, even their ratings did. I guess they are not pushing enough Pre Plus out... selling at Verizon. They were hoping Verizon would help out their numbers a little. But we will have to wait and find out next quarter results! And I hope they are good! xDD GO PALM GO!

I'm not sure if it's a bias rather than lack of education/training. These employees should offer smart phones that closely match the customers lifestyle needs. Most of the time they are only knowledgeable about the most popular phones in the store, therefore that phone gets the biggest push overall the phones in the store.

I know at my store it's offered on the same level but if you have a customer looking for apps then I'm sorry but your not going to say the pre. While I love my phone, it is really lacking in terms of amount and quality compared to android. The hardware didn't help either, I mean with the fixed camera (say bye bye to upc apps) and no mic api or compass eliminated a lot of potential the pre could have had. I'm hoping the pre2 fixes these shortcomings. On the flip side, multitasking is amazing and the os is what I recommend first. Just all depends on what knowledge these "sales men" have or if they just watch commercials.